IBM opens new data centers

IBM announced Thursday it is expanding its cloud computing services for customers in Japan and the Asia Pacific region by opening two new data centers.

The first new IBM data center is located in Makuhari and opened this year before the March 11 earthquake hit Japan. It provides the public access to IBM’s cloud services, which are geared toward helping businesses.

The second data center, which is scheduled to launch in September outside a major city in Japan, is dedicated to LotusLive, IBM’s cloud-based social collaboration service.